Nasalis muscle
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| Nasalis muscle | ||
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| Muscles of the head, face, and neck. (Nasalis labeled at center left.) | ||
| Latin | musculus nasalis | |
| Gray's | subject #107 382 | |
| Origin: | Maxilla | |
| Insertion: | Nasal bone | |
| Artery: | ||
| Nerve: | Buccal branch of the facial nerve | |
| Action: | Compresses bridge, depresses tip of nose, elevates corners of nostrils | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12549831 | |
The nasalis (compressor naris) is a sphincter-like muscle of the nose whose function is to compress the nasal cartilage.
It consists of two parts, transverse and alar:
- The transverse part arises from the maxilla, above and lateral to the incisive fossa; its fibers proceed upward and medially, expanding into a thin aponeurosis which is continuous on the bridge of the nose with that of the muscle of the opposite side, and with the aponeurosis of the Procerus.
- The alar part is attached at one end to the greater alar cartilage, and at the other to the integument at the point of the nose.
Other sources divide it into "Compressor nasalis" and "Dilator nasalis".[1]
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 Left maxilla. Outer surface. |
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scalp/eyelid: occipitofrontalis (occipitalis, frontalis) - orbicularis oculi - corrugator supercilii - depressor supercilii
extraocular: levator palpebrae superioris - superior tarsal - rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) - oblique (superior, inferior) - intraocular: ciliary - iris dilator - iris sphincter
ear: auriculares - temporoparietalis - stapedius - tensor tympani
nose: procerus - nasalis (dilatator naris) - depressor septi nasi - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
mouth: levator anguli oris/depressor anguli oris - levator labii superioris/depressor labii inferioris - zygomaticus (major, minor) - mentalis - buccinator - orbicularis oris - risorius
mastication: masseter - temporalis - pterygoid (lateral, medial)
tongue: extrinsic (genioglossus - hyoglossus - chondroglossus - styloglossus) intrinsic (superior longitudinal - inferior longitudinal - transversus - verticalis)
soft palate: levator veli palatini - tensor veli palatini - musculus uvulae - palatoglossus - palatopharyngeus
pharynx: pharyngeal constrictor (inferior, middle, superior) - stylopharyngeus - salpingopharyngeus
larynx: cricothyroid - posterior cricoarytenoid - lateral cricoarytenoid - arytenoid - thyroarytenoid
